Many years ago I was growing a fuchsia cutting and I'd taken it from a friends plant with the intention of growing it as a standard - it was doing really well and I was very proud of it, even if it was still only very much a cutting - a friend of (ex) OH came around and OH showed him the cutting I was so proud of and he reached out his hand and said .... "You should've nipped the tip out .... like this"
OH thought it was very kind of his friend to pass on his expertise like that as obviously I didn't know what I was doing
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
A few minutes afterwards he said, 'Unless you want to grow it as a standard you should always pinch the growing tips out." He was a right Knowitall in every direction.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Getting back to the question of a hardy future, I have a variegated magellanica which has survived outside for 5 or 6 years despite winters down to -25C. It's in a well drained spot in fertile soil and gets full sun in spring and then is shaded in summer.
It can be late getting going again after a very hard winter but it does survive and I dare say if I gave it more TLC would recover faster.
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Reading this has given me enthusiasm. I think I will give it a go.I think that all the fuchsias I have have already been pinched out so I will have to start by taking a cutting and hope it roots.
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Many years ago I was growing a fuchsia cutting and I'd taken it from a friends plant with the intention of growing it as a standard - it was doing really well and I was very proud of it, even if it was still only very much a cutting - a friend of (ex) OH came around and OH showed him the cutting I was so proud of and he reached out his hand and said .... "You should've nipped the tip out .... like this"
OH thought it was very kind of his friend to pass on his expertise like that as obviously I didn't know what I was doing
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hi Brumbull i whould be very interested on how u do your standard fuchsia as i fancy having a couple.
A few minutes afterwards he said, 'Unless you want to grow it as a standard you should always pinch the growing tips out." He was a right Knowitall in every direction.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dove think everybody knows someone like that but it's great when they do something wrong the look on there face is funny.
Getting back to the question of a hardy future, I have a variegated magellanica which has survived outside for 5 or 6 years despite winters down to -25C. It's in a well drained spot in fertile soil and gets full sun in spring and then is shaded in summer.
It can be late getting going again after a very hard winter but it does survive and I dare say if I gave it more TLC would recover faster.
Reading this has given me enthusiasm. I think I will give it a go.I think that all the fuchsias I have have already been pinched out so I will have to start by taking a cutting and hope it roots.